All Films

Rally for the Return of Joy

1981 • 7 min • Brazil

Through the power of a good barber, The Tramp is reborn in the streets of Recife.

Allrad e.V.

1981 • 54 min • Germany

This film by Rosi S. M., which was made in close cooperation with the residents of a top-floor apartment in Berlin-Schöneberg, offers close-up insights into the life of a commune. The people who live here are looking for alternative ways to live together as a community and share everything – including their partners. The declared goal of the joint project was to use film as a medium for critical self-expression and to create publicity for their political activism.

Aigokeros

1981 • 18 min • Argentina

Many stars, only at night, illuminate the vast. Aigokeros is the Greek name for Capricorn, the sign of the zodiac, which is half goat and half fish and which, according to Jung, follows the age of Aquarius and will unite the opposites. (Text by Narcisa Hirsch)

Old Orchard Beach, P.Q.

1981 • 9 min

A hot day on the well-known beach frequented mostly be Québecers. Throngs of vacationers, beach towels, sand pails, suntan oil. In the midst of the crowd, a pretty blond drifts off into a world of fantasy that becomes increasingly strange.

Zielgerichtetes Handeln bei Menschenaffen

1981 • 14 min • Germany

Chimpanzees are kept in a large enclosure at the Arnhem Research Station. There, some experiments are carried out to test the intelligence of the chimpanzees.

Chicken

1981 • 6 min

Self-explanatory film. Animation and live action. Homemade and found fragments tortured on an optical printer. The dog barks are fake. The chicken came first.

White Music

1981 • 45 min

A LaserDisc-exclusive sound and image ski fantasy from 1981 by Japanese producers, soundtracked by the pop rock band Talizman.

Don't, Don't Cry

1981 • 6 min • Yugoslavia

A super 8mm film by Davorin Marc.

Seekers

1981 • 9 min • Soviet Union

Two archaeologists go to the hot desert to excavate...

A Line for All Seasons

1981 • 27 min • United Kingdom

The passing of the seasons on Scotland's picturesque West Highland Railway.

The Balance

1981 • 7 min • Bulgaria

The Song About Tulips

1981 • 8 min • Soviet Union

A poetic story about the tragic fate of the poor young man Bakhtiyar and the beautiful Lola, who turned into a tulip from separation from her beloved, leaving the immortal light of love on earth…

Alison

1981 • 40 min

A portrait of Alison French, a young woman with cerebral palsy, and her attempts to lead a normal life

Rocky Circus

1981 • 40 min

70s Glam Rock star Gary Glitter joins Gerry Cottle's Circus

The Flight of Daedalus... (from "Icarus, a Sky Opera")

1981 • 3 min

An aria from the opera "Icarus" (music by Paul Earls, text by Otto Piene). In 1981, scenes from the opera were performed for the first SKY ART Conference at M.I.T. Daedalus "flew" through a combination of live performance and superimposed video images.

Plaza Party

1981 • 3 min

This was filmed in 16mm b/w without sound as a work for hire by Barry Masterson, who developed the film itself; hence, the faded, grainy quality. This was a party I had at The Plaza Hotel in June of 1981, for my birthday and also to celebrate my imminent departure for a semester at university in Italy. There are many, many famous people in this movie -- can you spot them?

Observing Enemy Movements

1981 • 10 min

The optical track of Observing Enemy Movements on clear leader. May be played with or without projector beam. – D.R.

Restoration

1981 • 2 min • Soviet Union

A study of flowers.

Emotionen

1981 • 5 min

Emotions, strong and deep feelings and their polarity are part of being human. “They don't exclude reason, but are intertwined with it.” This short educational film, which begins in the style of an essay film, as a montage of black and white photos, afterwards shifts to emotions produced in everyday life.

Se alquila ciudad

1981 • 10 min • Venezuela

Experimental video by Carlos Castillo.

Sanrizuka Notes 3—The March of the Earth

1981 • 50 min

The film portrays Sanrizuka’s resistance through the lens of an everyday peasant’s life, remaining true to their perspectives as they reorganise and place agricultural issues at the heart of their continued struggle.

365 Tage im Jahr

1981 • 43 min • Germany

A look at country life in the German Eifel.

David Letterman: Looking For Fun

1981 • 28 min

David Letterman looks at potentially fun things to do, such as going to a video arcade, visiting a wax museum, fishing in the Los Angeles River, and hiring a clown to perform at home.

Wanwan Kajida Wan

1981 • 18 min • Japan

A short film about fire safety with a twist involving an alien in his spaceship working with the neighborhood kids.